Title:
Concrete Q&A: Acceptable Concrete Cracking
Author(s):
Publication:
Concrete International
Volume:
40
Issue:
3
Appears on pages(s):
60
Keywords:
DOI:
10.14359/51702204
Date:
3/1/2018
Abstract:
What is considered as acceptable concrete cracking in cast-in-place foundation walls and slabs per ACI documents? My company is the
concrete contractor on a large warehouse project, and I want to discuss the potential for cracking with the contractor and the owner.
Related References:
1. ACI Committee 224, “Control of Cracking in Concrete Structures (ACI 224R-01 (Reapproved 2008)),” American Concrete Institute, Farmington Hills, MI, 2001, 45 pp.
2. ACI Committee 318, “Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete (ACI 318-14) and Commentary (ACI 318R-14),” American Concrete Institute, Farmington Hills, MI, 2014, 519 pp.
3. ACI Committee 302, “Guide to Concrete Floor and Slab Construction (ACI 302.1R-15),” American Concrete Institute, Farmington Hills, MI, 2015, 76 pp.
4. ACI Committee 360, “Guide to Design of Slabs-on-Ground (ACI 360R-10),” American Concrete Institute, Farmington Hills, MI, 2010, 72 pp.
5. “ASCC Position Statement #33: Cracks in Structural Concrete,” Concrete International, V. 32, No. 10, Oct. 2010, pp. 72.
6. Coleman, J.W., “Cracking…Defect or Normal?,” Concrete International, V. 35, No. 9, Sep. 2013, pp. 35-38.